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Praise & Prayer June

Intensive Prayer Letter June 2012 John and Elaine Mehn Converge Worldwide Missionaries to Japan Praise and Thanks The memorial service for John’s mom was great time of the family gathering together. We heard the second grandchild that is due in September is a boy. All are excited. Several churches/individuals have committed to take on our support. One church doubled its giving, several individuals started giving for our work. John’s presentation at the Rocky Mountain Evangelical…

May Updates

John’s Mother Home with the Lord John’s mom suffered a massive stroke and passed away on April 14th. At the time, we were on our way to Colorado for a 6 week tour of our partnering churches there. The memorial service held last Saturday, May 19th was well attended and celebrated 90 years of Alma Mehn’s life. John shared in the service of the confidence that she was in heaven. Continue to pray as the…

Giving to the Mehns

Giving to the Mehns Support Account # 49651 Several have asked how to give to our financial support account. We would appreciate regular monthly support or a one-time gift. 1) Online Giving can be made at: http://www.convergeworldwide.org/give/49651 2) Checks can be sent to: So it is credited accurately, please include our 1) name and 2) account number #49651 with the check. Converge Worldwide (BGC) Mail Code 1000 100 Hart Lake Road Orlando, FL 32832

Praying Through May

Uplift John as he grieves the heavenly home going of his dear mother Alma on April 14th. Especially pray for strength as he preaches a Mother’s Day sermon. Thank you for praying for travel safety out west and please continue. Ask God to give us His words as we speak both in public forums and in private conversations. Pray for wisdom and creativity as we seek to get up to full financial support. Pray that…

May Tour Schedule

May 1-4 ¾ day work, ½ day enjoy the mountains/rest in Colorado. May 4 – visit John’s aunt, travel to Village Church Thornton, Co May 5 – John speak at the men’s breakfast, Elaine speak at the women’s tea May 6 – preach/teach at Village Church also an evening meeting May 7 – meet with pastor at Conifer Community Church to make video for the church May 7-11 – ¾ day work, ½ day enjoy…

Springing Forward – April

April brings many more of God’s blessings during our Home Assignment. God has been working. Family – Much praise to God for his blessing of our four generation reunion last month. Japan Disaster Response Teams – The first team of the year has been very effective in cleaning houses, gathering people (100 at one meeting), and touching lives with the Hope of Christ. Learning – John was able to gain new insights by attending a…

HELP – CLOSE THE GAP

We were in a church recently and they asked, “How is your support?” Well, we will need an increase of nearly $11,000 to end the fiscal year on April 30th at 100% support. We need around $900 per month to bring our support level to match budget. Help us deal with these “insufficient funds.” Unless more money comes in by 4/30 this will be the first year in a long time we were under-supported, and…

Caring Leads to Believing in Christ

This is a great story of one victim of the disaster struggling in his life and how a group of serious Christians can cause him to think about his life. A great story of really sharing Christ, a changed life, and the power of prayer. These are the kinds of relationships our volunteers and our partners are in everyday we minister. 荒木英夫　Hideo Araki – My Story of Hope (English Subtitles) from Jesus.net Japan on…

Churches Helping Churches

Some of you may be aware of a network called Churches Helping Churches which has been very instrumental in assisting pastors in the Tohoku area with support, retreats, and other ministries to keep them from falling apart or burning out. They have been partnering with Asian Access and JCGI Network all across the Tohoku area. One of those Japanese pastors cooperating with them is Yoshi Ohari which shares a thank you to all who have…

Japan & Christ – One Year After

If you have not already you will hear a lot in the news about the recovery efforts after the triple disasters in Japan last March 11th. Much has been done but this is a 10 year project to rebuild the 86 communities affected in the greatest disaster for Japan since WWII. From a Christian perspective of missions – Japan has even farther to go. Before 3.11, for the Church of Jesus Christ Tohoku was…